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No need for government direct involvement - best pharma industry in the world.

Pretty sure this would be filed under the heading of: "rhetorical question"

FWIW the thing which struck me during all of this was a stat that one in three women experience domestic violence. If that stat is even remotely close to the mark, then what I think of what Eddie and the other boof heads said is pretty irrelevant. I do think it is encumbered on anyone with...

I will be right behind Madame Defarge (holding the wool)

Up to date - the sig still stands. Caveat is that at the moment there is more than the odd sport which is having trouble keeping control and thus being able to double down on the control lines. Time will be most interesting if and when the names on the blood bags are revealed (rumor had it...

Not you taste in a light hearted comment - fair enough, but if you find that offensive, I would suggest that you never watch Tim Minchin.

59% of the world population agree with this thought.

Well, that has set the bar at pretty much ground level. Considering that PED use provides a very substantial boost to performance, are you not troubled at all by the logical disconnect of "clean (not yet found guilty)" athletes being able to perform at the same or higher levels of performance...

I am genuinely curious as to the reasoning behind the thought that the AFL has "largely, clean athletes". Everything that I have read over a long period of time leads me very strongly to the opposite view. I cannot see how any top level professional athlete, AFL or elsewhere, is able to...

agree with the sbs soccor moms view of Jens. Carl Lewis never had the post athletic career of Jordan or a lot of others for that matter. Never quite decided if it was due to Wade Exum or simply that he comes across as a haughty and arrogant son of a bitch. Money to be made in the sbs soccer...

Hubris.....an interesting word indeed. Armstrong, Hird,........Rafa - would not be in the least surprised. What did Jens say......You need to believe in your own abilities way beyond whats is normal or even reasonable. After a few years at the top, I reckon the quotient of Hubris (with a...

On another note, Rafa must be very sure the names are never going to see the light of day. Will be fun to watch his battle with the French Sports Minister.

At least make it French BC, Aicar bouillabaisse for mine. Sounds much more elegant than a stuffed up chowder.

I think you are probably right in terms of Evans doing a deal with the AFL, possibly for the players benefit or equally possibly for his own benefit. However, I cannot see that having Eddie as Prez would have made one jot of difference. The whole self reporting jive was simply window...

Lance, imho you are one of the better essendon supporters on this board, intelligent and not blinded by loyalty. But again, imho the personal attack in that post is beneath you and this constant response is getting pretty tiresome. Everyone who has been around here a while understands your...

So, are Lachlan Keefe and Josh Thomas bad people who lack morals and character? I have never met either of them, but from the little I have heard they both seem like pretty normal young men to me.

In one way I am with you in the view that I would rather that players not take the drugs in order to stay in the job. But, that is reflection of my personal views or rules if you like. While there are rules at a superficial level - don't use PED - multi nationals should pay taxes at the same...

Hard to be considered a fall guy (scapegoat) when it is your program. In any event, it is hats off to EFC and AFL that they have, to this point of time, contained the fall out of the decision and kept it in house, albeit for a cool $30+ Million. Call me cynical, but given that neither the AFL...

Much like Zhou Enlai misquoted thoughts on the French Revolution - Too early to say. I would have thought there still a few hurdles to clear. At the moment they are clearing them with ease and, one would think on the basis of history, they will continue to do so. if anyone with solid info...

Too much info bc.......too much info

No doubt. Worst case as I see it is if someone could successfully mount a case based on an unsupervised, unregulated drug testing program. Purely a guess on my part, but would have thought time in the slammer rather than a fine. The thing about the other drugs used at EFC is that, unless...

Well, depending on what actually happened and who knew about it, worst case, Dank and a few others end up in jail. There appears to be a high degree of mutually benefit by Dank remaining to a large degree silent on what actually happened at EFC.

Yep - no doubt. But as I noted above that is really a question of who knew, what they knew and when. I would have thought that the "Financials are ready" email / text is one that would still haunt at least one rich bloke. edit - further comment: It cannot be possible that Dank has survived...

Which makes for an interesting question of who knew what when. Dank (Voldermort) I suspect holds all the aces with this question.

The omerta (don't spit in the soup) is alive and well in all sports. The athletes are after all playing by the true rules - if you want to be in the elite comp, you need some help. Sucks that that is the way it is, but I can't see it changing anytime soon. The main trick of course is to...

In my view a warning shot for someone - just not sure whom. The Weap? - can't see it myself. They were after all partners in crime so to speak. If one goes down so do they both.

So why now? Who is rattling the cage and for what end? A warning shot across the bows of any EFC player who might be thinking about the courts?? A sort of not so subtle - I know everything you guys took - play nice now?? If Dank wanted to give ASADA a slap - he had lots of opportunities...

Nope - the names are unknown. People selling clicks need well known names or minor local heroes.

Yep, that is true.

Nah, Not stupid enough to bring it all in house. Much better (for the club) on the down-low. Individuals who fail the intelligence test are easily dismissed - in every sense of the word.